Example sentences of "i must [verb] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 I must confess to being a ‘ convert about this matter .
2 It was a pathetic spectacle and to be honest I must confess to being more than a little annoyed at being trapped in a railway carriage and forced to listen to this poor soul lurching nearer to a grave in the gutter .
3 At least in theory ; I must confess to being peculiarly hopeless at this style of climbing and having had quite a struggle on this route in the past , which in no way detracts from its quality .
4 My Lord Mayor , I must confess to being quite surprised by the incredible naivety and complete lack of understanding that 's obviously rampant on the benches opposite with most of the items we 've dealt with today .
5 Chairman , I must confess to being erm , to being somewhat pessimistic about this whole er this this whole problem of of the need to refurbish and the need to tackle numbers in our elderly persons homes .
6 I must confess to be somewhat surprised to see the Labour Group wanting to debate thisu this issue again after their lack lustre performance in Committee and Council on the previous debates on this subject and today 's been no different .
7 I have no right to go against what I must presume to be his wishes ? ’
8 But this is where I must start to be careful in talking about ‘ our ’ love affair with the car .
9 I must admit to being pleasantly surprised on putting the EX through an amp .
10 I must admit to being worried the week before my flight , as one local farmer had already started cutting great swathes through his fields with his combine , and I was afraid some of the other growers might follow suit .
11 I must admit to being unaware of it before you wrote .
12 I must admit to being somewhat taken aback by a remark in John Stewart 's letter about Gaelic ‘ being almost completely unrelated to any of the main European languages ’ ( Points of View , today ) .
13 What I must return to is my job . ’
14 It 's interesting to note , though , that while a good number of men have ticked ‘ I must try to be more helpful at home ’ , not so many women have imagined their partners making such a resolution .
15 I must remember to be cautiously optimistic about that , there 's nothing definite . ’
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